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Siti Oussein, Deputy Director, UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean presented a copy of the report to Ronald Jackson, Executive Director, CDEMA. UNFPA launched its State of the World Population 2015, Report entiled Shelter from the Storm: A Transformative Agenda for Women and Girls in a Crisis- Prone World today at the 9th Comprehensive Disaster Management Conference put on by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) at the Melia Hotel Resort, Nassau, The Bahamas.

Essential Health Needs of Women Often Neglected in Assistance after Natural Disasters and Conflicts

The health needs of women and adolescents are too often neglected in humanitarian response to natural disasters and conflicts around the world, even though whether women and girls live or die in a crisis often depends on access to basic...

Their Excellencies the Governor General and Lady Allen, His Excellency David Prendergast, High Commission for Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago and Mrs. Prendergast and Members of the Jamaican Community at Connections: Gala Fundraising Event on November 28.

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen Visit Trinidad and Tobago

Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (second left), presents farmer, Kenroy Bent (third left), with a bag of fertilizer, during a ceremony at the Queensbury Missionary Church, in South East St. Elizabeth, on December 1. The Minister handed over black water tanks, fertilizer and vegetable seeds to assist farmers with replanting, following the prolonged drought.

Information Minister Reaches Out To Her Community

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Dr. Angela Brown Burke (right), exchanges warm greetings with Member of Parliament, Western Kingston, and former Mayor of Kingston, Desmond McKenzie (second right). Occasion was the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation’s (KSAC) inaugural civic and community awards ceremony at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on November 27. Others sharing in the moment (from left) are: Assistant Inspector of the Poor and Homeless Coordinator, KSAC, Cyprian Lewis; and Deputy Mayor, KSAC, Andrew Swaby. Messrs McKenzie, Lewis and Swaby were among 78 awardees for sterling contribution to the KSAC and the city.

KSAC Honours 78 Outstanding Councillors, Staff and Citizens

Chairman of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Advisory Board, Ms. Fae Ellington (left) and Chief Executive Officer of the JIS, Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe (right), present trophies to 11-year-old, Jhanel Lalor, for taking home the top prize in the Essay component of the JIS Heritage Essay and Poster Competitions, at the Awards Ceremony, held on November 27, at King’s House. Jhanel is a student of the George Headley Primary School.

George Headley Primary and Anchovy High Students Win JIS Heritage and Poster Competitions

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

TAJ Transitions into Phase Two of RAiS

The Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is transitioning into phase two of its Revenue Administration Information Service (RAiS), which will be rolled out on December 7. As a result, the TAJ is advising that until December 6, some of its services will either be suspended or limited. Director of Communications at the TAJ, Meris Haughton, said these services include the processing...

10 years ago Education

Pilot on to Register Tertiary Institutions

Commissioner of the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (J-TEC), Maxine Henry-Wilson, says there is currently an ongoing pilot to register tertiary institutions across the island. She said that through this registration process, the Commission is determining the requirements to have the institutions meet global standards. Mrs. Henry-Wilson was bringing remarks at a Breakfast Conversation forum, hosted by J-TEC at the Spanish...

10 years ago Health & Wellness

December 1 is World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day 2015 is being commemorated under the theme, “Take care of the complete you: ask for a HIV test too”. This year, the Ministry of Health will focus on a wellness and preventative drive that will be supported by mass media as well as community mobilization which aims to increase the number of persons with HIV knowing their...

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Government Has Increased Loans To Small Businesses – PM

In addition to creating an enabling business environment, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Government is determined to continue increasing access to financing for the micro and small business sector. Delivering the keynote address at the Small Business Association of Jamaica’s 40th Anniversary Banquet on Saturday, November 28 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, the Prime Minister indicated that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), engages in a light conversation with President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson, during the 40th anniversary banquet of the SBAJ, held last evening (November 28), at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

10 years ago CommerceOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Gov’t Committed to Supporting Growth of MSMES – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government will continue to put supportive mechanisms in place to facilitate the growth and development of the micro small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) sector. “I give my commitment that we (the Government) will continue to engage micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. We will continue to create more opportunities for their...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right), breaks ground for the $64 million expansion and rehabilitation of the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Central Manchester on Friday, November 27. Others (from left), are: Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; the School Board’s Chairman, Dr. Lloyd Quarrie; National Security Minister and Central Manchester Member of Parliament, Hon. Peter Bunting; Councillor for the Mandeville Division of the Manchester Parish Council, Jones Oliphant; and Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

10 years ago EducationOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

$347 Million Spent on Secondary School Upgrading in Manchester and St. Elizabeth

The Government has spent approximately $347 million, since January, to develop over 2,000 additional classrooms at secondary schools in Manchester and St. Elizabeth. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, made the disclosure in Manchester on Friday, November 27, where she opened newly constructed facilities at McIntosh Memorial and Zion Hill primary schools, and signed contracts to undertake expansion...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks.

10 years ago Labour

More Jamaicans Accepting Persons With Disabilities

More Jamaicans are accepting persons with disabilities (PWDs), as the agency charged with promoting equal opportunities among the able-bodied and disabled has been educating members of the public on the importance of inclusion. Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, says that with the passage of the Disabilities Act in 2014, there has been...